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12-06-2005, 11:13 AM | #1 |
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Truck work shops
Hey who has a work shop that was built at home so they could work on there old trucks? Sure would like to see some pics. I am planning on building me one real soon and was looking for ideas and how yall have them set up.
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12-06-2005, 02:50 PM | #2 |
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Re: Truck work shops
i don't have any pictures to post but i have a 30x40 shop with 12' walls.it has 1-10x12 & 1-10x10 rollup doors and walk through door.it was money well spent.if you build one,spend the extra money on insulation.this shop i built is insulated but my first shop was not and it really makes a difference.
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12-06-2005, 03:43 PM | #3 |
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Well, mine wasn't built by me, it was built by my father, his brothers and my grandfather, and I bought my grandfathers house just so I could have the garage. They ran a bus line in my area. If I remember correctly it is 42' x 28' or something close to that. I have several improvements I want to make to it but it is a nice start. Here are the pics:
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12-06-2005, 03:45 PM | #4 |
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30' x 40' "second" home. I got a furnace, I got A/C, and I got a fridge (ie: BEER!), what else do I need? Oh yeah, I got some tools too.....
SW corner: SE corner: NE corner: NW corner:
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12-06-2005, 04:11 PM | #5 |
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Check this site out - a lot of good info. - www.garagejunkies.net
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12-06-2005, 06:02 PM | #6 |
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Man, ya'll are making me jealous! (as my truck sits under the carport on jack stands and the wife complains about it)
Hey Glock, is your 30'x40' big enough for 2 projects at once? I want to make sure that when I build one, it will be big enough
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12-07-2005, 10:31 PM | #8 | |
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Right now I have the 68's cab in there, and my wifes Harley is torn down while I paint it. I also park my truck in there at night now that the temps are well below 0. When is gets this cold, I leave the heater on with the thermostst all the way down, so it stays about 40 in there. It was -16 F when I left for work this morning Like someone said before, it is never big enough.
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12-08-2005, 11:40 AM | #9 |
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Mine was built by the previous owner who owned one of those truck campers that was pretty tall. So I have 11' cielings, one 10' door and one 7' door. Unfortunately the foot print is only 22' wide by 26' long. Its what I got and I'm making the most of it. Sorage is always a concern, I dont have much space around the sides with the trucks inside. So I'm using my overhead space as much as possible. I built a loft area above the shorter garage door. I'm building shelves along the walls about 7 or 8' up with support from the rafters. Bicycles hanging from the cieling using a pully system I got at the hardware store. I have a small table saw and radial arm saw. I'm building a shelf to mount the arm saw that will hinge on the side of the table saw. Then the whole deal will hang from the cieling like the bikes. I have a pull down stairs in the cieling for easy attic access. My work benches are mounted on a shelf that is the same hieght as the block foundation so I can move them back against the wall and also because I like to have the work surface higher than normal, less leaning, easier on the back and shoulders, plus more storage underneath. I have the walls insulated, the cieling will get done probably next year. The plastic on the cieling keeps the heat down and actually makes it look better than the open rafters. I use a portable propane heater that will warm it on our colder days (below zero) up to about 50F, which is comfortable with a sweatshirt. When the cieling is insulated, I'm sure it will be warmer, plus I just replaced the 10' door with a new insulated one. The other door is still the original POS.
If I were to build my own, it would be at least three cars wide and about 36' to 40' long, normal cieling hieght but a full attic space over the car area and open to the rafters in the shop area. Access to the attic by stairs. Hot water floor heating and electrical outlets everywhere. It's the best I've ever had and it's what I'll likely have for the next decade or so. Beats the snot out of working in the back yard under a tree, which I've had to do in the past.
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12-08-2005, 11:41 AM | #10 |
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Here is my 40x60 shop
and here is a pic of the mess inside
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12-08-2005, 11:58 AM | #11 |
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Not mine , this would take up half my lot , but I like the looks of this one .( Got this off one of the Metal building site's )
Anyone got one of these ?
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12-06-2005, 07:12 PM | #13 |
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I have lived in houses smaller than that & DANGED sure dirtier. A/C in your shop? Man I as so jelous. |
12-06-2005, 07:18 PM | #14 | |
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For that price (about $150), I had no choice but to buy one BTW - It's not that clean now!!!
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12-06-2005, 07:27 PM | #15 |
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Here is my detached shop, no room for work there!! I actually work in my basment garage, It is 24x40 and has a concrete ceiling with garages above it! ( I cant find a pic of it yet)
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12-06-2005, 07:33 PM | #16 |
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Mine is 24x30 with a 15x18 overhand/carport on the front side. I have a 10' rollup and walkin door on the front and aohter 10' rollup on the side. This was my graduation present (32 years of college ) from me and my wife to me. These are just some shots I had on the computer and obviously not fro the same time.
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12-06-2005, 09:27 PM | #17 |
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mines pathetic compared to the ones above. This is when i first put it up
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12-06-2005, 09:39 PM | #18 |
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Here's mine.
25x35 with a 6' overhang all along the south side. When I bought the house (I bought the shop, the wife bought the house) I thought that overhang was stupid. However I store a lot of crap under there that doesn't need to be inside but does better without rain and snow falling on it. If I built it I would have made it 16 to 24 feet longer. Right now I can store my two Chevelles in there and work on the truck in the middle. During fishing season when the boat is on the trailer alot I park the truck in the attached garage and park the daily driver outside. Some day I may enclose the overhang and extend the floor over there. However that outside storage is growing on me. It has no heat. Yet. BTW that is an old picture, taken right after we moved in. All the boxes are gone and the Triton is in storage for the winter at the farm across the road.
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12-06-2005, 09:33 PM | #19 |
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hey glock;
is that an engine stand with a transmission adapter to hold it? thats a sweet deal if thats what it is. |
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12-06-2005, 10:14 PM | #21 |
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Hey guys keep them coming , love all the shop pics, I am thinking of going with a 30x40 x12 with two 10x10 roll up doors at each in wall and a walk through door on one side. Just need a few ideas on how some out there looked with truck work in process and how much room was left.
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12-06-2005, 11:30 PM | #22 |
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Here is where I work. I had the house designed with this garage in the basement. It is 24x40 and I can put 4 trucks in there. It has a concrete ceiling and I have garages above it. There isn't alot of extra room (with 4 trucks in there), but it works for me.
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12-06-2005, 11:41 PM | #23 |
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My garage is more or less storage for tools and parts. Truck won't fit in there, the Camaro will fit but I can't walk around it.
Garage is only about 14'x22' but I have a concrete slab that I work on right next to the garage which is about 20'x20' |
12-07-2005, 12:38 AM | #24 |
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I built one in Texas that I had to leave. 24X36 with 2 10 foot doors and 2 walk in doors. It was too short. With a 6 inch wall your real size is 23X35. When I do it again it will be a minimum 30X40. Oh and go as high as you can on the walls and ceiling.
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12-07-2005, 01:27 AM | #25 |
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I got a late start on my this year.The cold and snow has stopped work on it until next year but it will be 60x60 with a 15'ceiling.I got the ground work done and the poles cemented into the ground before the snow hit
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